Bill Anderson – Rock N Roll To Rock Of Ages (Guitar)

      B                           E
I was born to a Christian country home

                           B
And the first songs that I sang

         B
Were the songs of praise and glory

   F#7                                  B
On Sunday morning when the church bells rang

  B
I sang them first in Sunday School

E                           B
  Later on I sang up in the choir

  B
Until one Sunday morning almost without warning

               F#7         B
I realize that wasn’t my desire

           E
And that’s when I went from singing Rock of Ages

                    B
To singing rock and roll

       F#7
And my momma fell down on her knees

                                       B
And prayed to God to have mercy on his soul

        E
And the elders and the deacons

                                           B
Tried to get the black sheep back into the fold

                               E       B
On the day I went from singing Rock of Ages

   F#               B
To singing rock and roll

  B
I formed a little band

         E                            B
And we began to travel all around the world

    B
Our nights were filled with music

    F#7                             B
And screaming propositions from the girls

  B
I started rolling cigarettes

E                                 B
Drinking beer and loving warm red wine

   B
My momma wrote me letters. I tied them all together

                         F#7               B
And I said I’ll read ‘em soon as I get the time

        B
We were picking in Chicago

    E                              B
The night the telegram came to the gig

       B
It was from my little sister

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And she said bubba bubba come home quick

B
Momma’s got a fever

    E                             B
And daddy says she surely must be dying

    B
And momma’s one request the thing she loves the best

                         F#7             B     C
Was to hear you sing the gospel one more time

           F
And that’s when I went from singing rock and roll

                        C
Back to singing Rock of Ages (rock of ages)

        G7
And the little country church

                                        C
Seemed a million miles from the concert stages (ahhh)

        F
And the good Lord wrote my momma’s name

                           C
In the book of everlasting pages

                            F        C
I finally went from singing rock and roll

   G               C
To singing Rock of Ages

F         C
Cleft for me let me hide myself in Thee

      F
Yes I finally went from singing rock and roll

                        C
Back to singing Rock of Ages (rock of ages)

        G
And the little country church

                                        C
Seemed a million miles from the concert stages...